Pamela Talene

Satire often goes right over the head of the people it’s aimed at. Taking things to their extreme to show their absurdity doesn’t faze someone who will happily go to that extreme and see no problem with it.

Texas Republicans: Democrats can pick up their paychecks in person The statehouse has been without quorum all week for its special session to debate redistricting Texas' congressional map.

Oh no. Democratic Texas legislators may have to wait on picking up their :checks notes: whopping $600.00 paychecks.

#GOPpetty

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Politifact said that "We found no evidence of these cases or settlements. " www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Bullies usually are.

Ten to one it involves essential oils.

I never knew the republicans took the idea of a slippery slope so seriously until they paved the way it with ICE.

I keep trying to remind myself of this. I think if their god himself appeared in the clouds and said, with much lightning and burning of bushes or maybe even a talking donkey, “Trump is bad, actually.” They wouldn’t believe it.

It will take millions of us, working together to stop the fascists.

Sadly, I’m not sure you could get millions of Americans to do anything that didn’t involve sitting on their butts with a screen in front of their faces.

Can you topple a dictator via zoom? Asking for a country.

You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!

I will crochet tiny lobsters in cardigans in protest.

Dearly beloved, I implore you, if you cannot relax on vacation, Go. Home.

No one wants you here, driving through a national park, honking at people who stopped to let the geese cross the road. You can honk at people when you get home. Go there now.

Black and White (assuming gameplay update included bug fixes)

No, but I’ve heard it cures covid even better than snorting bleach.

I would pay to watch that.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Such pink!

"My boss told me I had to post a link to my article about how Bluesky is dying to Bluesky, because their click through percentage is higher than X and Facebook combined"

What if the printer jams?

Brit here. Have patience please...

At DC Congress/Senate level, apart from make noise, I don't see what they can do.

At state level, that's a different story, right? So their efforts should be focussed there, as I see it.

Would welcome corrections/clarifications 👍

How is this real life?

Two cats staring intently into an empty bathtub

Don’t ask me. They do this all the time. Maybe they think the water is going to come back.

Autistic people are more likely to understand masking. Many of us have weirdos lurking inside that we keep hidden in order to fit in.

“In an unforgettable gesture, the crowd began to jingle their keys, telling the regime: ‘Your time is up.’” This was the protest of the Jingling Keys.

Spoiler alert: the regime fell.

Jingling of Keys Protest By late autumn of 1989, the Berlin Wall had already fallen, the border between Hungary and Austria had become porous and Poland had long since held largely free elections. But in Czechoslovakia, th…

Serious question: how soon before the 2016 election should we show up in Washington, shaking our keys? roughdiplomacy.info/jingling-of-...

Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat, sitting and looking upwards above the camera. He looks alert, his ears facing forward and green eyes wide.

thinking thoughts

Cat inside a backpack looking out with big eyes.

Mood.

i lost my job today

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i'm safe, for now, but money just got incredibly tight, so any help is much appreciated

On another note, should I wear my Space Raptor Butt Invasion T-shirt to the Chuck Tingle reading in a couple weeks?

Dang it. Now I can’t block you. Diabolical.

This guy is even older than me and should definitely know better.